Have you been watching the ongoing Team USA documentary "Road to Redemption?" (If not, you can catch up on Nike's website.)
Watching the first two episodes, and then following recent action against Turkey and Lithuania, I have tremendous optimism that this team will play well enough to win gold.
Dedication
Coach Krzyzewski talks, at one point, about playing "exquisite basketball." That's a high-level word. A lot of coaches talk about playing hard. And hard is a huge part of it. But hard, mixed with just the right amount of soft stuff, like listening, noticing, and being generous -- that's exquisite. That's winning.
The team certainly seems to be working toward that en[...]